The “Seven Mile Miracle,” a stretch of coastline on Oahu’s North Shore, is the holy grail of big wave surf spots. It is also one of the most dangerous surf breaks on Earth. The lifeguards who patrol the beaches make upward of 1,000 saves per year, sometimes as many as 30 in one day. Tau Hannemann, a 15-year lifeguard veteran, is known as one of the best on Oahu. For Hannemann, lifeguarding is more than a job, it’s a calling.
The Century Link is preparing for the Swim Trial this summer.
Pool construction at the Centurylink Center is just more than half way complete as they gear up for Olympic Swim Trials next month.
Ready to dive into swimming pool season? Well, you may want to consider the recent Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that found 80% of public swimming pools had health and safety violations. The study covered 2013 inspection data from Arizona, California, Florida, New York and Texas, including 84,187 routine inspections of 48,632 public aquatic venues, including pools, hot tubs, water playgrounds and similar venues. In fact, some inspections were so bad (one in eight inspections) that the facility had to close immediately. Now, while these are public pools, who knows how safe the thousands of private pools may be? Unfortunately, if swimming pools are not maintained properly, they can quickly become large culture dishes for all sorts of nasty organisms. So, how do you tell if your swimming pool is safe?
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Two people were hospitalized in two separate incidents over the weekend after suffering electrical shock in swimming pools, according to local officials.
A New Jersey man is in critical condition after he suffered electrical shock in a motel pool on Saturday, ABC reported. A day after the incident in N.J., a Pennsylvania girl was also hospitalized after she was shocked in a backyard swimming pool in Pennsylvania, WHTM-TV reported.
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“Everyone out of the water” is the order being given by lifeguards in Newport Beach, after a shark bit a swimmer yesterday. The woman is recovering from bite marks. Jeff Nguyen reports.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4’s David Kaplan spoke with the owner and the manager of the Olympic Swim Club in Penn Hills where three party attendees were shot by unknown gunman on Monday evening.
A young man trying out for a lifeguard position died while taking part in swimming trials at Pilgrim Lake this morning, Orleans Fire Department officials said.
The man slipped beneath the surface at 8:49 a.m. and was found unconscious by an Orleans Fire Department diver in 10 to 15 feet of water about half an hour later, Orleans Deputy Fire Chief Geof Deering said.
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Thousands of swimmers from all over China challenged themselves to swim across the Yellow River on Sunday as one of the eight thematic activities of the 22nd Sanmenxia Yellow River cultural tourism festival.
